Display box



A. E. KEPPLER Aug. 21, 1928.

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Patented Aug. 21, 1928.

UNITED STATES ALBERT E. KEPPLER, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TC BROWN 85 I 1,681,347 PATENT OFFICE.

BAILEY COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

DISPLAY BOX.

Application filed October 21, 1924.

My invention relates to display boxes.

A principal object'of my invention is to provide a foldable box having means whereby the box may be positioned so as to display the contents thereof in an attractive and advantageous manner for sale.

A further object of, my invention is to provide a box which may be constructed from a unitary piece of suitable material, such as cardboard, the blank being made by a suitable die and the parts of which may be folded into proper relation to form the completed box.

A further objectof my invention is to provide a foldable box made from cardboard or other like material inherently elastic and vide a foldable display box formed of two I telescoping sections, one of said sections be ing adaptable when withdrawn from the other to form an inclinedrest or support therefor.

A further object of my invention is to provide a foldable display box, integrally formed, adapted to be set up in an inclined position, which may be shipped fiat to the user, thereby effecting economy in transportation expense, and which may be then filled with merchandise and shipped to retailers for display and sale purposes.

The invention further includes all of the various objects and novel features of construction and arrangement hereinafter more definitely specified and described.

In the accompanying drawings, 1n which like numerals designate like parts in the different figures, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of my invention in the display position; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a rear elevational View of the box in display. position but before the securing of the closure member; Fig. 4 is a top plan View of the box as shown in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a prespective View of the box partly enclosed within a tube utilized for shipping; Fig. 6 is a plan view of the blank, forming the box shown in Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, before the same is folded; Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a modified form of my invention in the display position; Fig. 8 is a side elevational view of the box shownin Fig. 7; Fig. 9 is a rear elevational view of the box shown Serial No. 744,875.

they are scored to facilitate the folding operation are indicated by dot and dash lines. The blanks are formed from a unit of cardboard or other suitable material by a die, the shape of the blanks being shown in Figs. 6 and 12. i

In the drawings, 1 is the bottom of the box, 2 and 3 the ends, and 4 and 5 the sides thereof.

In the construction of the box from the blanks, the ends 2 and 3 and the sides 4 and 5 are first folded at the scoredlines 6, 7, 8 and 9, respectively, into positions at right angles to the bottom 1 to form the container; the strip forming a prolongation of the end 3 and composed of sections 10, 11 and 12, is then folded at the scored lines 10', 11 and 12, around the sides 4 and 5 and the end 2, section 10 paralleling side 4, section 11 paralleling end 2 and section 12 paralleling side 5; the end 13 of section 12 is then secured by a suitable adhesive to the tab .14 which is foldedat the scored line 15 against the side 5. The sides 4 and 5 and the sections 10 and 12 form two plies at each side of the box section between which the sides of the telescoping support section slide.

The inclined rest or support portion of my improved box is indicated generally by the letter A in the preferred embodiment and by the letter B in the modified form. The support portions A and B comprise, in common, a panel 16 being a lateral extension of the section 11 and bendable thereabout at the scored line 16, side members 17 and 18 integral with said panel, bendable thereabout at the scored lines 17 and 18' respectively. and irregularly wedge-shaped members 19 and 20 being prolongations of the side members 17 and .18. respectively, and bendable there-about at the scored lines 19 and 20', respectively. In folding the box into closed, non-display form for transportation purposes, the wedge members 19 and 20 are first folded interiorly to lie flat against the side members 17 and 18 respectively, and then side member 17 with its jointed wedge member 19 and side member 18 with its jointed Wedge member 20 are simultaneously inserted between side and section 12 and between side 4 and section respectively, the panel lti also moving into contactand parallel with the bottom 1.

In the preferred embodiment, after the parts have been brought into folded relation as just described, an end member 21, bclng a lateral extension of the panel 16 and bendable therealmut at the scored line 21, is then folded against the end 3 and the tongue 22 may be bent about the scored line 22' over the upper edge thereof to retain the end 3 1n folded position. In the scored line 7', Fig. (i, I provide a slot 23 in which the tongue may be engaged to retain the end member 21 in upright position when the preferred embodiment is in display position, as hereinafter described.

In the modified form, in which the panel 16 may ,be of less length than the bottom 1, I provide a hinged extension 24 thereto, bendable about the scored line 24, and preferably of a width so that its outer edge coincides with the adjacent edge of the bottom 1, thus atl'ording a convenient member for the lingers to take hold of when it is desired to place the modified form in display posit1on, as hereinafter described.

After the boxes have been folded into closed form as shown in Figs. 5 and 11, they may be filled with merchandise, and, for convenience in shipping, inserted within the tube 25 which may also be formed of cardboard.

In placing the preferred embodiment in display position. the end member .21 is grasped and pushed or pulled downwardly whereby the panel 16 is correspondingly moved about its hinge connection formed by the scored line ltl and the side members 17 and 18 are partly withdrawn from their positions between side 5 and section 12 and between side 4 and section 10, respectively, until the wed ge members 19 and 20 are freed whereupon the latter spring or are bent about the scored lines 19 and 20', respectively, inwardly underneath the bottom of the box and form the support therefor. By reason of the inherent resiliency or elasticity of card board or other like material, the members 19 and 20 will, when released from closed position. spring underneath the bottom of the box as shown in Fig. 3 and provide support to hold the box in the desired display position. It will be understood, however, that if nonresilient or non-elastic material is used. then the members 19 and 20 may be manually hingedly moved into the open and closed positions. hen the preferred embodiment is in display position, the tongue 22 is inserted in the slot 23, the, end member 21 thereby forming a closure and concealing the support members 19 and 20 and adding stability to the box.

The forming of the modified form of the box from closed into display position isdone similarly to that followed with the preferred embodiment except that the end member 21 being dispensed with, the member 24 is provided as a convenience by which the parts may be withdrawn into display position.

\Vhile I have herein described with part icularity two embodiments of my invention, I do not thereby desire or intend to limit myself to the precise details of construction and arrangemcnt of parts as the same may be modified and varied in minor particulars from those shown in the drawings and herein described without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

-Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States:

1. A foldable display box made from an elastic material and comprising telescoping box and support sections, said support section comprising elastic members which, when said support section is withdrawn from said box section, spring underneath the latter and form an inclined support therefor.

2. A foldable display box comprising a bottom, two ends and two sides and a support therefor formed integrally therewith, said support comprising a panel and foldable side members attached thereto, resilient foldable supporting members extending from said foldable side members. each of said foldable supporting members being adapted to spring beneath the bottom of the box as the same is placed in inclined display position and form a support therefor, an end member jointed to said panel, and means for detachably sccuring said end member to said bottom.

3. A foldahle display box comprising telescoping box and support sections formed integrally and hinged together at the front, the sides ofthe box section having two plies slidably receiving between them the sides of the support section the sides of the support section being wholly contained between the said plies and the bottom of the support section fitting against the bottom of the box section when the support section is in normal position and the sides of the support section being provided with foldable supporting members adapted to be extended beneath the bottom of the box section to support the same in an inclined display position.

at. A foldable display box comprising telescoping box and support sections of substantially uniform area formed integrally and hinged together at the front. the sides of the box section having two plies slidably receiving between them the sides of the support section the sides of the sup'portsection being wholly contained between the said plies and the bottom of the support section fitting against the bottom of the box section when the support section is in normal position and the sides of the support section being pro vided with terminal foldable supporting members substantially tapered and adapted to extend beneath the bottom of the box section to support the same in an inclined display position. 7

5. A foldable display box comprising telescoping box and support sections formed in tegrally and hinged together at the front, the sides of the box section having two plies slidably receiving between them the sides of the support section and the sides of the support section being provided with terminal foldable supporting members substantially tapered and adapted to extend beneath the bot 

